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VEHICLE WEE'EL. N0. 278,534. l Patentd May 29,1883.

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I N, :Z2 L y@ ,ATTERNEYE Jef k Umso STATES PATENT OFFICE.

" FRANCIS M. GIDEON, OFfWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF'COLUMBIA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

sPEcIrIcAfrroN-.formmg para of Letters PatentN. 278,534, dated Mayas, lesa.`

` I `Applicationfiledlltlfarch16,18513. (No model.) C C To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. GI'DEoN, of Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ,Vehicle-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sanne, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part. of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of part of myimproved vehicle-wheel. Fig. 2 isa ver` tical diarrletrical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the two parts forming the hub separated, and Fig. el s a detail` view of the fastening for securing the spokes to the hub.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

My invention has relation to vehicle-wheels, and more particularly to that class ot' metallic wheels in which the spokes extend obliquely from both ends of the hub toward -the fellies; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same,`as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. ,h

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates the hub; B B, two annular disks'secured upon the hub; C, the spokes secured in said disks, and D the rim or fellies. 4

`The hub is composed of a sleeve, E, having wide iange, F, provided with bolt-holes Gr, through which bolts H, passing through corresponding lbolt-holes in one of the disks B, are passed,securin g the said disks upon the ilange.

VImmediately inside this flange is an annular shoulder or offset, J upon which the disk ts., and a similar offset, K, is near the other end of the sleeve, the portion L of which, outside this offset, is reduced and screw-threaded, titi ting into the female threaded inner end ofa short sleeve, M, having a flange, N, provided with bolt-holesfO, for the reception o f bolts securing the other disk B to it, saiddisk Iitting" upon shoulder K. Inside the female threaded portion of the'bore in sleeve M is an annular shoulder, P, against which the end of sleeve E bears, while the bore of sleeve M is larger in diameter than the axle fora short space, form- 'ing an annular oil-receptacle, Q, around the ltionas the latter andas the threads upon the outer ends.

In putting the Wheel together the outer ends of the spokes are inserted a short distance into Y their sockets, whereupon the sleeves are inserted from the inside of the annular disks and screwed into their respective screw-threaded holes, at the same time becoming screwed up upon the inner ends of the spokes, and in turn-l ing the sleeves the spokes will likewise. be turned with them, screwing them into their sockets in the` rim at the same time, the sleeves tighten them, andn if during use the spokes become loosened they may be tightened by turning the sleeves, which, while becoming raised only a shortdistance, will draw the spokes down tight. After the spokes are in- So u spective shoulders upon the sleeve of the'hub,

the smaller portion of the hub screwed upon the longer portion of the same, and the disks secured to the flanges upon the hub by their respective bolts, thus making the wheel cornplete.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaiui and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. The hub consisting of the longer sleeve .E, having reduced screw-threaded end L, and

the shorter sleeve M, having central female threaded bore, formingshoulders P. and smooth reduced oil-receptacle Q, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

` The combination ofthe hub A, formed in two'parts screwed together, having annular IOC.

- flanges Fand N, provided with bolt-holes G and O, and shoulders J andK, the annular disks B B, in which the inner ends of the spokes are secured, and having bolt-holes G, and fastening-bolts H, as and for lche purpose shown and set forth.

3. The vehicle-wheel consisting of the rim D, having screw-threaded sockets, the spokes C, having screw-threaded ends, the disks B, having radial screw-threaded perforations R, and bolt-holes I, screwthreaded sleeves or thimbles S, `having axial screw-threaded sockets T, sleeve E, screw-threaded at its reducedv end, and having flange F, provided with holcf.

holes G, and shoulders J and K, and sleeve M, having flange N, providedv Withbolt-holes O, and shoulder P at the inner end of its screwthreaded bore, all constructed, combined, and arranged as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. GIDEON.

Witnesses:

WM. SECHER, ARTHUR L. MoRsELL. 

